October 29, 2006

Quecreek Mine Rescue - Mine Families & The Media

A presentation by David E. Hess, Secretary of the Department of Environmental Protection during the rescue of nine miners trapped in the flooded Quecreek Mine in Somerset County, PA, about how the needs of the families of the trapped miners for information about the rescue and the need of the media to inform the public were handled during rescue operations.

The remarks were delivered before the 2006 Annual Meeting of the Pittsburgh Coal Mining Institute of America and the Society of Mining Metallurgy and Exploration in Cannonsburg, PA.

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This Blog is a companion to www.PaEnvironmentDigest.com, the weekly online newsletter published by Crisci Associates, Harrisburg, PA.
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I served as Secretary of the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection from 2001 to 2003, Executive Deputy at DEP from 1995 to 2001, as staff to the PA Senate Environmental Committee and various positions in the former Department of Environmental Resources, working on environmental issues for nearly 40 years.